in reply to Is Perl the End-All?

I'm not going to comment on the potential uses of perl, or any other language for that matter. What I am going to say is this: Homogenization is exceptionally bad, and breeds in weakness. If one language were to become dominant over all others, we would see a rise in weakness associated with the limitations of that language.

I love perl. I also love java, and c. I would not like to see any one of those become dominant, as each has their own advantages and disadvantages. This sort of thinking extends far past programming languages, into operating systems, archetecure types, programming styles, etc.

My point is this: to claim perl is the 'end all' is not only dangerous, but also unhealty, and detremental to the language.
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Re: Re: Is Perl the End-All? / No Homogenization!!!
by bladx (Chaplain) on Sep 01, 2001 at 01:58 UTC
    I agree with this point ... isn't it comparable to what would happen if someone were cloned into 1000's of people, and then a disease came along that the original person was very susceptible to, and it killed all of them right off, since they were homogenized. (I think it could also be similar to microsoft and it's history.)

    Anyways, I can see where you are coming from on this point, and agree that it's not good to consider one language to be the 'end all' of all other types of computer languages, it can only end up hurting the language itself, and prevent those who think it is from becoming developed programmers in today's changing world.

    Thanks for the insight!

    Andy Summers
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